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Comedies of William Shakespeare: Detailed Summary Of 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor'

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Ranald, Margaret
Affiliation: Department Of English, Queens College

Detailed Summary Of "The Merry Wives Of Windsor"

Act I: Scenes 1-2

The first scene opens in front of George Page's house in Windsor. The
time is contemporary. Justice Robert Shallow, Abraham Slender, his cousin, and
Sir Hugh Evans, a Welsh parson, enter. Shallow, Justice of the Peace in the
country of Gloucester, is angry with Sir John Falstaff and his cronies who
have been ruining his property. Shallow's opinions are seconded by his cousin
Slender, who notes the lineage ...

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